Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Fix erroneous dereference of batch_obj inside reset_status

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On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 06:07:27PM +0200, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > As the rings may be processed and their requests deallocated in a
> > different order to the natural retirement during a reset,
> >
> > /* Whilst this request exists, batch_obj will be on the
> >  * active_list, and so will hold the active reference. Only when this
> >  * request is retired will the the batch_obj be moved onto the
> >  * inactive_list and lose its active reference. Hence we do not need
> >  * to explicitly hold another reference here.
> >  */
> >
> > is violated, and the batch_obj may be dereferenced after it had been
> > freed on another ring. This can be simply avoided by processing the
> > status update prior to deallocating any requests.
> >
> > Fixes regression (a possible OOPS following a GPU hang) from
> > commit aa60c664e6df502578454621c3a9b1f087ff8d25
> > Author: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   Wed Jun 12 15:13:20 2013 +0300
> >
> >     drm/i915: find guilty batch buffer on ring resets
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Passes the igt/gem_reset_stats/close-pending-fork and
> doesn't affect the fast path.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxx>

For reference, this is the comment I added upon request:

@@ -2502,8 +2508,15 @@ void i915_gem_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
        struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
        int i;
 
+       /* Before we free the objects from the requests, we need to inspect
+        * them for finding the guilty party. As the requests only borrow
+        * their reference to the objects, the inspection must be done first.
+        */
+       for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i)
+               i915_gem_reset_ring_status(dev_priv, ring);
+
        for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i)
-               i915_gem_reset_ring_lists(dev_priv, ring);
+               i915_gem_reset_ring_cleanup(dev_priv, ring);
 
        i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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